Almere City know they face a rough trip to De Graafschap and their Stadion De Vijverberg. This preview has all the info you require before the game.
- De Graafschap have yet to win a game at home.
- Almere City have lost all their away matches so far.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Graafschap and Almere City.
De Graafschap form and stats
De Graafschap have played three Eerste Divisie home games so far, perhaps enough to set expectations for the season. In that case, only 2 points from these matches could be a signal of rough times ahead. Two draws in a row at home now for De Graafschap.
Graafschap lost their last game at Roda JC Kerkrade (placed 3rd) after a 2-3 scoreline. The first loss after going undefeated in three league games. Midfield player Korte got a match rating of 7.23 in that game, the max score being 10. Korte scored one goal and hit one key pass.
Before that, De Graafschap drew at home versus NAC Breda.The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier De Graafschap matches with similar probabilities have ended with 4 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats (from 6 games).
On the other hand, Graafschap have conceded 4 goals.
Almere City form and stats
It's not happening yet for Almere City on their Eerste Divisie travels, with zero points from their first 3 away games. Maybe today will be different? The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on Pastoor, the Almere City manager, as the last three away games were defeats.
Almere's last game was the home draw against FC Eindhoven (1-1). Midfielder Poll was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.01. Poll hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 8 of 8 times.
A 0-1 loss hosting Telstar before that.Many goals are not expected from the visiting Almere City as they have only managed to score 2 times from 3 away games in the league.
Head 2 Head
De Graafschap-Almere City H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Graafschap five wins, Almere City two wins, three draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  J. Hilterman 4 goals |  C. Neghli 3 goals |  G. Korte 2 goals |
De Graafschap missing players
Almere City missing players
| De Graafschap | Almere City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 14 | 4 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 9 | 11 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 86% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 86% |
| 57% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 57% |
| 29% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 14% |
| 29% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 33% | 14% |
| 86% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 29% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 29% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 67% | 43% |
| 6 | 7 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 6 | 4.4 |
| 4.1 | 3.7 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 6.3 | 6.3 |
| 1.6 | 0.7 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.7 | 1.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.6 | 16 | 20 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 11 | 11.4 |
| 4.1 | 4.7 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.3 | 4.3 |
| 28% | 21% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 15% | 27% |
| 10.1 | 6.3 | 4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6 | 10.7 | 8.1 |
| 3.4 | 2.7 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 6 | 4.4 |
- All of Almere City's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- All of De Graafschap's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Almere City have lost all their away matches so far.
- Almere City have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- Almere City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- De Graafschap have scored in all their matches so far.
- De Graafschap have yet to win a game at home.
- De Graafschap haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | PEC Zwolle | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 14 | 19 |
| 2 | FC Eindhoven | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 17 |
| 3 | Roda JC Kerkrade | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 14 |
| 4 | Heracles | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 13 |
| 5 | Jong AZ | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 13 |
| 6 | VVV-Venlo | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 12 |
| 7 | Jong Ajax | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 11 |
| 8 | NAC Breda | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 11 |
| 9 | Willem II | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| 10 | MVV Maastricht | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | -3 | 8 |
| 11 | Jong PSV | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | -5 | 8 |
| 12 | FC Oss | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| 13 | Almere City | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -3 | 7 |
| 14 | FC Dordrecht | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 7 |
| 15 | Telstar | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -5 | 7 |
| 16 | ADO Den Haag | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -5 | 5 |
| 17 | De Graafschap | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -6 | 5 |
| 18 | Jong Utrecht | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -6 | 5 |
| 19 | Helmond Sport | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 3 |
| 20 | FC Den Bosch | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -9 | 3 |
